The eyes of the world are on Minneapolis. On its citizens, as they react to the trial of Derek Chauvin, accused of murdering George Floyd last year in a killing that sparked riots locally and protests globally. But also — finally — on one of its courtrooms. For the first time in state ...
After the speeches, the hashtags, the marches, the dramatic demands for transforming America’s criminal justice system, comes the relatively mundane but indispensable means of determining guilt or innocence and, if guilt, punishment: The trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek ...
You’ve got to wonder what went through the minds of Los Angeles police officers who recently circulated a disgusting “joke” about the killing of George Floyd. At this point in history — following Floyd’s suffocation in police custody last May, the summer of tense and sometimes ...
The death of George Floyd and the summer of protests that followed led members of Congress to try to mandate basic changes in police practices nationwide. But partisan and presidential-election politics prevented any bill from being enacted. That failure can be remedied by swift adoption of ...
MORGANTOWN -- With the nation violently divided over issues of racism a group of members of the First Presbyterian Church in Morgantown hopes to tackle the challenge from a faith-based perspective. About 26 people – church members and others – assembled virtually Tuesday evening under ...
MORGANTOWN -- Sen. Joe Manchin presented a virtual forum on Friday on the issue of race and law enforcement. He was joined by three police officers, a pastor and an Army general who offered their thoughts and fielded some questions. The forum was the third installment in Manchin’s From ...